Germany: Shots fired by gunman at Munich Olympia shopping centre
What we know so far:
Possibly a planned attack.
A wide area around the mall was closed off and special forces arrived at the scene.
Several people had died.
The police say a lone gunman might be behind the attack.
*Helicopters are now flying over the scene and as workers at the shopping center have stayed back inside the shops. Meanwhile, the police has advised people against visiting the area
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Who wants to start betting on his religious affiliation?
Probably those damn Buddhists, they've always seemed fishy to me.
I'd be willing to put money on one following. . .
Atheists! Those damn godless bastards did that!
That is right, I always new his Holiness the Dalai Lama was a criminal mastermind, the Chinese were right all along.
They did it for nothing!
No he did it for SCIENCE!
Looks like we suck at making bets guys. It turns out that the guy was from Iran and was a muslim...But how is it possible? Muslims just want to spead peace and love...
Ayye
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What? No way. My whole world has been turned upside down! Everything I know about the Islamic immigrant population is a lie!
I'm SARCASTICALLY shocked.
At this point someone could probably run paid weekly magazine about these things. Terrorism is so common nowadays (not that it didn't happen previously.)
I know T_T I'm heartbroken too...I think I'll go and draw what I feel on a pavement...sob...
Don't forget to #PrayFor (insert the city/country here)
And the flag over the profile, always the flag
Definitely the flag.
Coming out of being AFK real quick (since I have not arrived at my destination yet) to say good job at following the Community Guide to Decency.
[rolls eyes]
Speculating whether or not the attack is perpetrated by ISIS or another party is fine, but if you want to speculate, do it in a way that leads to genuine discussion and is not snarky low quality posting.
Likewise, when the terrorist is revealed to not fit your stereotypes, do not continue to derail the thread with more snarky low quality posting - focus on having actual discussion. Stay on topic and make genuine contributions or do not post. Don't use this thread as a soapbox to stereotype entire religions over the actions of a group of terrorists.
The thread is not locked because of people speculating it might be people of a certain religion, it is locked because of the low quality posting taking priority over legitimate discussion.